Bennett Murphy Laura M, Flowers Stacy, McNamara Kelly A, Young-Saleme Tammi
Department of Psychology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA.
J Pediatr Health Care. 2008 May-Jun;22(3):182-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.06.003. Epub 2008 Mar 5.
This study examined the role of fathers caring for children with cancer. Psychological adjustment, coping, and work patterns of mothers and fathers were described.
Twenty fathers of children with cancer were compared with 20 mothers of children with cancer and 20 control fathers of healthy children. Questionnaire data were collected regarding coping, parental adjustment, child adjustment, and family involvement.
Fathers did not differ from mothers or control fathers in terms of psychological adjustment or coping. However, fathers of children with cancer spent more hours at work and more hours caring for children than did control fathers. Paternal adjustment was significantly related to child adjustment only when the child had cancer. Coping was related to work outside the home for fathers and adjustment for mothers.
Models of family adaptation may be different for fathers and mothers. Treatment teams must attend to the unique needs of fathers.
本研究探讨了父亲在照顾患癌儿童方面的作用。描述了母亲和父亲的心理调适、应对方式及工作模式。
将20位患癌儿童的父亲与20位患癌儿童的母亲以及20位健康儿童的父亲进行比较。收集了有关应对方式、父母调适、儿童调适及家庭参与情况的问卷数据。
在心理调适或应对方面，父亲与母亲或对照父亲没有差异。然而，患癌儿童的父亲比对照父亲工作时间更长，照顾孩子的时间也更多。仅当孩子患癌时，父亲的调适与孩子的调适显著相关。应对方式与父亲的外出工作及母亲的调适有关。
父亲和母亲的家庭适应模式可能不同。治疗团队必须关注父亲的独特需求。
